Saturday, April 6, 2024 — 9:00 a.m.
2024 Registration for All Players Now Closed
The registration period for all returning and new players to participate in the 2024 season of the Lynnfield Men’s Over-40 Softball League is now closed, as all rosters are now set.
Any new players who are interested in participating in the 2025 season (subject to open available roster spots), please send an email to Commissioner Sam White (bucs32@gmail.com) and we will add your name to our wait list for next year.
We are in the process of finalizing the 2024 schedule with the town, and it will be posted on this site here, plus sent to all players by their coaches, sometime later this month. The season opener is on May 7.
Sam White, Commissioner
In Memory & Appreciation
John D. DeLuca, Jr. was the founding commissioner and driving force behind the Lynnfield Men’s Over-40 Softball League for many years of its early existence, as well as being a beloved member of the Green Team.
It was his vision to establish a social-based sports endeavor, whereby a bunch of middle-aged guys could have the opportunity to get together outdoors one night a week during the nice weather, whack a ball around for a bit, have some fun, pretend they were athletes again, expand their friendships and network of contacts, and – as Billy Joel sang in “Piano Man” – forget about life for a while.
John’s outgoing personality, perpetual grin, infectious laugh, and sense of humor — combined with his warm and spirited greeting of “Hey, buddy!” to all — made him a natural leader and a friend to virtually everyone he encountered in all corners of his life. This was never more evident than the outpouring of support he received after being diagnosed with leukemia, and the hundreds of people who participated in the subsequent bone marrow drive that was conducted in an attempt to save his life.
John fought a very valiant battle, but ultimately succumbed to this disease on June 21, 2008, at the much too young age of 53.
What he started and tirelessly nurtured for all those years has been bequeathed to all of us to sturdily build on and take forward.
To you from failing hands we throw the torch; be yours to hold it high.